The School of Everything Else Archive

Charity Gamerscore Marathon

[Digital Cowboyus 2010]

This was a 24 hour stretch where Tony and I had to get as high a gamerscore as possible, sponsored by our community to help Medecins Sans Frontieres. 

Darksiders and Originality

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

A look at how sometimes originality isn't important to the construction of a video game as long as the rest is solid. 

Room 101 [Community Edition]

[School of Movies 2010]

Things about video games that drive us nuts. This is the place to get rid of them, and our community has come up with some great choices. 

Why Don't They Remake Final Fantasy VII?

[School of Movies 2010]

I'll believe they have finally remade Final Fantasy VII when I finish the remake. Until that time this is a show about that very premise circa 2010.

A Question of Morality

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

Daniel Floyd is back, and we're talking about the nature of good and evil, as represented in video games. It is of course, far more complex than we usually get to see applied from our actions to the gameplay. 

Trials HD / Shadow Complex

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

This wasn't a numbered show, we were trialing a spin-off, that bore quite a bit of similarity to what would eventually be Digital Gonzo and Cane and Rinse.

The Nintendo Wii

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

The first time we ever chatted with James Batchelor, and it was all about Nintendo's insanely popular waggle console. 

The Word "Gamer"

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with James Portnow of Extra Credits about the term "Gamer" and why it developed negative connotations. Now, many years later it's only gotten worse. 

Uncharted 2

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Tony and I discuss one of the best games of 2009, and still my favourite of the series. 

Gaming With Kids

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with the Gamers With Jobs about how they introduced gaming to their kids. 

Preserving Games

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with Tim Wilsie about the nature of keeping all-too-finite video games alive and archived for the ages.

Story and Narrative

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with Daniel Floyd some of the most important aspects of gaming for us. 

Live at PAX 2009

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

This was when we had the joyful privelege of attending PAX in Seattle 2009.

Video Game Movies Suck!

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We brought in Some Other Castle to talk video gaming movies. 

Room 101 [Podcasters]

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We get various podcasters on the show and ask them about their gaming pet hates. 

Women in Video Games

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Leigh Alexander talks about how women have been positioned in games in the past. 

Can Games Be Art?

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We ask Daniel Floyd a question that has drawn ire from so many that would rather it never was. 

Sex in Video Games

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Not long after the Mass Effect scandal wherupon tasteful side boob was labeled Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas we talked with Daniel Floyd about this massively important aspect of human (and indeed any mamalian) interaction, and why it only takes up a tiny percentage of activities relative to the mainstay of killing. 

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand / Watchmen / Killzone 2

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

Find out whether Fitty gets his bejeweled skull back from all those people that stole it from him. Plus our first impressions on the Watchmen movie. 

Eastern vs. Western RPGs

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We discuss the fundamental differences in approach to role playing games between west and east.

The Decline of Print Journalism

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

As Electronic Gaming Monthly died, we were there to look at what changed in the landscape of video gaming journalism.

Room 101

[Digital Cowboys 2007]

Little things about video games that annoy us, here is where we get to potentially get rid of them. 

Guitar Hero II / Sunshine

[Digital Cowboys 2007]

The first show we ever recorded. Introducing Tony Atkins, Paul SHotton and Alex Shaw in a brand new podcast for 2007 originally entitled "Media Frenzy".